Go behind the scenes with New York's number one news team as Eyewitness News tells the convoluted and downright creepy story of the search for a serial killer near Gilgo Beach.
'Eyewitness to Gilgo Beach' is a documentary series about the serial killings and the arrest of Rex HeuermannThe Gilgo Beach story began with a single live shot -- plagued with technical difficulties -- from a barren and frozen beach off Long Island's South Shore.
When they arrived at the scene, it was cold and pitch black. There were four crime scenes along the beach and spotlights set up.Go behind the scenes with New York's number one news team as Eyewitness News tells the convoluted and downright creepy story of the search for a serial killer near Gilgo Beach.Shannan Gilbert's disappearance in 2010 sparked the discovery of 11 bodies on and near Gilgo Beach on Long Island.
"There was a lot of speculation, because it's still a remote area, maybe more than one person use this as a dumping ground because it was that isolated the weather conditions were that extreme out there," recalled Eyewitness News reporter, Darla Miles, who was also there reporting the next morning after the bodies were first discovered."2011 was the most active period of this investigation.
They said do not believe her death is related to the 10 bodies they found in the area over the last several months.Go behind the scenes with New York's number one news team as Eyewitness News tells the convoluted and downright creepy story of the search for a serial killer near Gilgo Beach.Nineteen months after she vanished, Suffolk County Police found the skeletal remains of Shannan Gilbert on Gilgo Beach.
"The FBI has a lot more experience, nationwide, investigating serial killer cases than we do, so you know as we look through the evidence with them, maybe just bouncing things off each other will be useful," said Suffolk County Chief of Department Stuart Cameron. "I'm excited about the new partnership with them.""It didn't happen because of politics.
"As reporters were thinking, again, why do this now?" recalled Kristin Thorne. "They've had this video for so many years -- why now? And they said they want to keep the case going."
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